Birth control for gray squirrels?
Contributors to this thread:Small Game
From: Medicinemann
28-Jan-21
SMH....I was just perusing the science section of Yahoo. Yep, UK authorities are going to use oral contraceptives mixed in hazelnut spread. I wonder if a hunting season (or expanding season dates/limits) was ever considered?
From: LINK
28-Jan-21
Maybe we could try the same thing in Starbucks. Seams like it could work.
From: Bowbender
28-Jan-21
Gamo Whisper seems to work pretty good as a contraceptive. Only need one dose.
From: JohnMC
28-Jan-21
I think LINK is on to something.
From: tkjwonta
28-Jan-21
I don't ever want to hear complaints about hunger in the UK, they are specifically spending money to reduce a renewable food source. And one that is apparently quite productive, I might add.
From: South Farm
28-Jan-21
All they need to do is introduce some Red Squirrels...they are known to chase and castrate Grey Squirrels with their teeth, if you can imagine that! Don't know the scientific term for it, but it's a mouthful I'm sure;)
From: drycreek
28-Jan-21
“I think LINK is on to something “ said John MC
Me too, but why stop there ? Let’s take this on the road and get it inside the Beltway !
From: Keith
28-Jan-21
Using an unnatural solution to a natural problem.
SF: Yikes! I'm going to be more careful the next time those buggers are running up and down my tree.
From: 4nolz@work
28-Jan-21
I think they are considered invasive and they love their fox squirrels something I think I read....
From: 4nolz@work
28-Jan-21
I think they are considered invasive and they love their fox squirrels something I think I read....
From: 4nolz@work
28-Jan-21
Why are there no red squirrels in England? In most of the UK, the red squirrel is classed as near threatened. Grey squirrels are the primary cause of the declining population of red squirrels in different parts of the country. The greys carry a virus that is lethal to the reds. They are also outcompeting the smaller reds for food and habitat.Feb 14, 2018
From: JusPassin
28-Jan-21
When I lived in MN we had reds, greys, and fox squirrels. I shot, trapped, and would have poisoned every red I had. They were true tree rats and destructive as he!!. Terrible nuisances.
From: Chief 419
28-Jan-21
Imagine you're a red squirrel running around just trying to get a nut and suddenly a gray tree rat runs up behind you and clips your nuts. How would that make you feel?
From: South Farm
29-Jan-21
You have it backwards Chief...it's the Red ones that prefer the nuts still in the hairy shell, not the the other way around. Regardless, it's still not something I'm glad as a human we don't have to worry about!
From: KSflatlander
29-Jan-21
KSflatlander's Link
I hate to break it to you but this squirrel castration thing is a biological myth.
From: South Farm
29-Jan-21
There's one in every crowd..
For the record, Sigurd Olson is my favorite author, so I blame him.
From: Chief 419
29-Jan-21
Thanks for setting me straight South Farm. We've been fact checked.
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
I bet China doesn't have a squirrel problem.
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
You guys that have a problem with red squirrels are racist... lol!
From: South Farm
29-Jan-21
Anyone have their North American Squirrel Slam? That would be one black, one albino, one gray, one red, one fox, and one flying. Could toss in ground squirrels and chipmunks if you can afford it!
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
I got a problem with this thread...
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
What, me worry?? hahaha...
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
South Farm, you forgot about me....whitetailed gray squirrel..good luck ya'll, getting your slam, unless you can make it up to Rome NY and find me. :)
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
South Farm, you forgot about me....whitetailed gray squirrel..good luck ya'll, getting your slam, unless you can make it up to Rome NY and find me. :)
From: Shug
29-Jan-21
I was always told this....
From: South Farm
29-Jan-21
Trapper, I bet Mepps would pay a hefty price for that tail! Might get double the going price, maybe even a whole dollar! lol!
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
You guys suck.
From: TrapperKayak
29-Jan-21
South Farm, I could cut the whole thing off, tie it to a size 2 Gamakatsu and fish for taimen in Mongolia...that would be cool! It would be a priceless one of a kind! :)
From: Zbone
29-Jan-21
Yeah, the Eastern Grey Squirrel is an invasive in species in England, like they gave us Starlings and English sparrows, we gave them grey squirrels...8^) Can you imagine trying to kill off all the Starlings and English sparrows in America...8^)
From: Medicinemann
29-Jan-21
It could be worse......imagine trying to conduct birth control on starlings and English Sparrows....LOL
From: 4nolz@work
29-Jan-21
meateater.com is a source? squirrels seasonally descend their testicles
From: 4nolz@work
29-Jan-21
Squirrels and their testicles: The Myth! Today, someone asked us if we had heard about squirrel overpopulation in NorthEast Arkansas. It was said that many squirrels had been found or killed that didn't have any testicles. The Myth is that the adult female or male would bite off the testicles of their young to cut down reproduction. They stated there was no scar or remnant of a testicle present. After doing alot of research, we have some facts for you. The only time testicles are chewed off by other squirrels is during a fight between two dominant males over a female. One would retreat, and the other would bite at the testicles of the other squirrel sometimes resulting in them being chewed off. The other fact is that squirrel testicles shrink in size in between breeding seasons. They shrink so much that they become retained, and aren't visible. In conclusion, suirrels have testicles. They are not eaten off by other squirrels.
From: South Farm
29-Jan-21
Liberal squirrels, who knew?!?!
From: Jaquomo
29-Jan-21
Why do gay squirrels need birth control anyway?
From: Shuteye
29-Jan-21
These squirrels are great in a crock pot. Even old ones are tender when cooked in the crock pot.
From: bigswivle
29-Jan-21
From: ki-ke
29-Jan-21
red squirrel pp's on the left, grays on the right? saved like turkey spurs? Thats a new one!! nice....
From: t-roy
29-Jan-21
trublu......ya gotta admit, it took some balls to even start this thread...
From: LBshooter
29-Jan-21
Yes , put them in the pill. It's 177 amd comes out of a RWS, end of story.
From: Shuteye
29-Jan-21
Bigwswivle, I have a bolt action that shoots all of those. Load it on Monday and shoot all week.
From: The last savage
30-Jan-21
Now boys this is bowsite, this method is appropriate...haaa
From: Chief 419
30-Jan-21
I dunno Savage. We just finished the blood trail challenge. How far was the shot? Did the squirrel go more than 50 yards. Lungs, Liver, Stomach? Direction of travel?
From: The last savage
30-Jan-21
12 yard head shot my man... he never moved. ..
From: Shuteye
30-Jan-21
When using bow and arrow I use those heads that have four spring loaded prongs. It kills squirrels really well and the arrow normally stays in the squirrel. It passes the head but the dirt stops arrow and the squirrel is easy to get.
From: Zbone
31-Jan-21
Rubber blunts will kill them too...
From: DanaC
31-Jan-21
Killed a few with judo points off my mother's bird feeder. Unfortunately I destroyed a few feeders too, lost my hunting privileges there... Here in western MA we have some all-black-variant grey squirrels, been wanting one for fly tying but never see one when armed. (Side note - red squirrel tail fur makes the spikiest nymphs you ever saw.)
From: The last savage
31-Jan-21
Yep it was a judo to the cranium..
From: 4nolz@work
31-Jan-21
Dana those all black are probably fox squirrels that are usually red in the North
From: Zbone
01-Feb-21
Some of them are jet black...
Some of them are jet black...
And some come in different shades... These with silver tipped backs and rust colored tails...
And some come in different shades... These with silver tipped backs and rust colored tails...
4nolz - Being MA, they're likely melanistic (black phase) eastern gray squirrel, they are common around here... Have seen over 20 at my feeder before...
From: Kannuck
01-Feb-21
My dad calls .22 Quiets "squirrel pills"
From: The last savage
01-Feb-21
dang zbone. You should consider becoming a squirrel outfitter!
From: TrapperKayak
01-Feb-21
Zbone, do all those matter?
From: RymanCat
02-Feb-21
So much for squirrel pie.
From: Barty1970
02-Feb-21
As a British bowhunter, what you need to know?
From: Ambush
02-Feb-21
So they're going to bury the squirrels nut for them?
From: Shuteye
04-Feb-21
My trail got a picture of a squirrel and then a hawk catching him for breakfast.
